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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations

Article L784-1

…Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 611-1, with the exception of 11 Order no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 611-1-1 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 611-1-2 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 Jul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies

…cluding financial expenses, allocated to their business and which they acquire or manufacture from 15 April 2015 until 14 April 2017 when these assets can be depreciated according to the system provid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L390-1

…r 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020.Article L. 310-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Order 2017-484 of 6 April 2017 relating to the creation of bodies dedicated to the exercise of supplementa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Officials and agents authorised to investigate forestry offences

Article 24

In addition to the powers mentioned in Article 22 of this code and to article L. 521-1 of the Code de la sécurité intérieure, gardes champêtres (rural rangers) are responsible for investigating and re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Officials and agents authorised to investigate forestry offences

Article 22

The agents of the State services responsible for forests, the agents on duty at the Office national des forêts as well as those of the public establishment of the Domaine national de Chambord, commiss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Officials and agents authorised to investigate forestry offences

Article 27

The gardes champêtres send their reports and minutes simultaneously to the mayor and, through the intermediary of the territorially competent national police or gendarmerie judicial police officers, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Officials and agents authorised to investigate forestry offences

Article 23

The persons mentioned in Article 22 may be requested by the public prosecutor, investigating judge and judicial police officers to assist them.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-60

Notwithstanding article 10 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020, in centres with a workforce of less than two hundred employees, a specialised committee may be set up within the social co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-61

In addition to the director who chairs it, the person with authority for human resources management and staff representatives, the specialised committee includes a representative of the region appoint…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-64-1

…nce centre that fall within the remit of the region, in application of articles L. 114-3 and L. 114-5, are also eligible to vote and stand for election to the region's territorial social committee.

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